If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Emanata App on iTunes, then download the thing and get yourself some free comics! In the meantime, I was invited by C’est Bon Anthology’s International Comics Art Magazine to share a color comic for their newest issue, and it just arrived, filled with color and…
The Snowman Parade has begun! I’ve spent the last several days drawing, drawing, drawing snowmen (and women), penguins, snow bears, and more for “The Snowman Parade”–one of the scenes in my upcoming Monster Look-N-Find book. I work full-time as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, so it’s been fun taking breaks from my paying jobs…
Aside from making my own Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter, I’ll be making a special community look-n-find with YOUR monster drawings! Email your colored monster drawing to jess.smiley@gmail.com by April 15, so that I can include your monster in the picture. Files should be a 300ppi jpg in rgb. (If this frightens you, then get…
HOORAY! We did it! Last weekend we gained over 100 backers and surpassed our funding goal. Thanks to you, the Monster Look-N-Find book is happening! STRETCH GOALS $3000 is the bare minimum needed to make the softcover book, butย let’s make this thing in hardcover! Check out these bonus rewards for funding past our goal: $4000:…
Yesterday I posted a pretty audacious challenge for the weekend: to rally 100 backers for my Monster Look-N-Find book on kickstarter. I asked you to share the news by tweeting about the project and by sharing it with your friends on Facebook. The results are in. Not only did we bring 100 backers into our…
INDEPENDENTLY AWESOME It’s true! The Strange Kids Club is “a daily dose of adolescent enthusiasm for your inner child” featuring comics, video games, cool toys and all things geek!ย Remember Beetlejuice, the Toxic Avenger, Garbage Pail Kids and Alf? Strange Kids Club does, too. They also remember books likeย I Spyย andย Where’s Waldo? and waxed nostalgic over my…
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME! Last September, I entered DisneyPixar’s t-shirt contest on Threadless to design their new line of Toy Story shirts. Six months and hundreds of votes later, I’m proud to announce that my design was included in the handful of new Toy Story t-shirts! Thanks a ton to all of you…
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Mark your calendars: Saturday, May 4 is Free Comic Book Day!ย Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutelyย FREEย to anyone who comes into their stores. INTERVIEW…
THE BOOK Did you know that I’m making a Monster Look-N-Find book? It’s Kickstarter’s first Look-N-Find book, packed with exciting full-color imaginative scenes, characters and surprises! Watch this video to learn more and find the book on Kickstarter. WEEK ONE It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full week since I launched my book…